Women’s Career Development Towards School Superintendency: An Investigation into the Effect of Tacit Learning

• Authors: Yong-Lyun Kim

Abstracts

EN

Career development can be discussed in two primary ways: 1) as a type of formal education and job preparation that a person receives; and 2) as a type of informal learning-related career experiences that a person encounters. This study investigates the effect of learning preparedness on female school administrators’ career development. For the data analysis, this study uses the Structural Equation Modeling statistics. The findings from the analysis support the view that tacit learning from both direct and indirect job experiences has a greater effect on women’s career development than formal learning. The effect of these factors, however, varies according to women’s aspirations for superintendency.

Keywords

EN

school superintendency; women administrators; career development; tacit learning

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 241-251

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Yong-Lyun Kim

• Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.13.31.1.21

Biblioteka Nauki

26469813